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The fetal membranes are an essential mechanical structure for pregnancy, protecting the developing fetus in an amniotic fluid environment and rupturing before birth. In cooperation with the cervix and the uterus, the fetal membranes support the mechanical loads of pregnancy. Structurally, the fetal membranes comprise two main layers: the amnion and the chorion. The mechanical characterization of each layer is crucial to understanding how each layer contributes to the structural performance of the whole membrane. The in-vivo mechanical loading of the fetal membranes and the amount of tissue stress generated in each layer throughout gestation remains poorly understood, as it is difficult to perform direct measurements on pregnant patients. Finite element analysis of pregnancy offers a computational method to explore how anatomical and tissue remodeling factors influence the load-sharing of the uterus, cervix, and fetal membranes. To aid in the formulation of such computational models of pregnancy, this work develops a fiber-based multilayer fetal membrane model that captures its response to previously published bulge inflation loading data. First, material models for the amnion, chorion, and maternal decidua are formulated, informed, and validated by published data. Then, the behavior of the fetal membrane as a layered structure was analyzed, focusing on the respective stress distribution and thickness variation in each layer. The layered computational model captures the overall behavior of the fetal membranes, with the amnion being the mechanically dominant layer. The inclusion of fibers in the amnion material model is an important factor in obtaining reliable fetal membrane behavior according to the experimental dataset. These results highlight the potential of this layered model to be integrated into larger biomechanical models of the gravid uterus and cervix to study the mechanical mechanisms of preterm birth.
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